When a man reports that his wife has been robbed while taking his business's earning to the night safe something doesn't quite add up; the thief showed no interest in her expensive jewellery but somehow knew she had a lot of money in her car. In a second, apparently unrelated case a man reports that somebody has put a sturdy door on his abandoned barn but when Montalbano goes to the barn the door has gone but there is evidence suggesting weapons, including a bazooka had been stored there. He is told to leave the case to the antiterrorist department but inevitably he continues looking into the case.
This series is frequently amusing and occasionally surreal the opening of this managed to both as Montalbano dreams about a Latin-speaking Catarella! This links nicely to a similar looking scene at the end where a crate is found in a remote field; however this scene is quite tragic. The main case of the week, the one involving the woman, was enjoyable; she was suspected of being involved from the start but just what happened remained an enjoyably mystery right up until the point Montalbano confronted her with the evidence and bluffed her into thinking he could prove more than he really could. As always the cast put in fine performances that one can appreciate even if you rely on the subtitles to understand what they are saying. This story was a good conclusion to the current series; I hope we get more next year.
This series is frequently amusing and occasionally surreal the opening of this managed to both as Montalbano dreams about a Latin-speaking Catarella! This links nicely to a similar looking scene at the end where a crate is found in a remote field; however this scene is quite tragic. The main case of the week, the one involving the woman, was enjoyable; she was suspected of being involved from the start but just what happened remained an enjoyably mystery right up until the point Montalbano confronted her with the evidence and bluffed her into thinking he could prove more than he really could. As always the cast put in fine performances that one can appreciate even if you rely on the subtitles to understand what they are saying. This story was a good conclusion to the current series; I hope we get more next year.
